Author: Ross L. RenickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fishery management
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
This document provides stakeholders with general information regarding how the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) will manage the 2020 Chignik Management Area (CMA) commercial salmon fishery. The 2020 total sockeye salmon Oncorhynchus nerka forecasted run for the Chignik River watershed is 1,296,000 fish. Approximately 586,000 sockeye salmon are expected to be harvested in the CMA. The first commercial fishing period in the CMA may occur in June after approximately 20,000 sockeye salmon have escaped or are expected to escape into the Chignik River. During the month of June, the Eastern District must open concurrently with the Chignik Bay and Central districts as well as the Inner Castle Cape Subsection of the Western District. Starting in June and continuing into early July, the Western District may open concurrently with fishing periods in the Chignik Bay and Central districts and the Inner Castle Cape Subsection of the Western District. Three fishing periods of up to 48 hours in length, separated by at least 48 hours, may also occur in the Perryville District concurrent with the Chignik Bay and Central districts during June and early July. Fishing periods after early July in the Eastern, Western, and Perryville districts will depend on the Chignik River sockeye salmon interim escapement objectives being met as well as the strength of the local pink and chum salmon runs. Beginning July 6 through August, inner bay fisheries may occur in the Western and Perryville districts to target pink and chum salmon. From the end of the transition period (approximately late June through mid-July) until the end of the fishing season, ADF&G shall manage the CMA based on its evaluation of the local pink O. gorbuscha, chum O. keta, and coho salmon O. kisutch runs, as well as the Chignik watershed late-run sockeye salmon escapement.
